Corica has taken the reins in his first head coaching role following the departure of Graham Arnold to the Socceroos.

The 45-year-old has huge boots to fill and hasn’t been helped by the shock exits of marquee pair Bobo and Adrian Mierzejewski in the past month.

But Corica is adamant the Sky Blues will be out to maintain their ultra-high standards and successfully defend the Premier’s Plate they have won for the past two years running.

The former Socceroo is also targeting another grand final victory and defending the FFA Cup trophy, while an Asian Champions League campaign beckons as well.

"Sydney FC always want to win titles, that’s something we look at before the start of the season,” he told FourFourTwo.

"The club wants to win trophies, we missed out on the grand final last season, which obviously the boys were very disappointed about and that’s something we need to do this season.

"We need to win the grand final again but also no team’s ever won three premierships in a row.

"That’s obviously a focus, a motivation for our players to really go down in the record books and prove… obviously Graham had them last season but we’ve got a core group that is still here and we’re going to improve on it. Our core focus is to win everything if we can keen.”

Corica was a foundation Sydney FC player and helped the club win two grand finals and a premiership. After hanging up his boots in 2010 he has served as the Sky Blues’ National Youth Team coach and as a first-team coach.

He believes he is ready for the top job and to take the club to ever greater heights.

"I’m looking forward to it. It’s been a goal of mine at some stage to be a head coach, I’ve done my apprenticeship, youth team, head coach,” Corica said.

It was just the next step for me – I’m definitely ready for the job. I’m looking forward to the challenge – of course it’s going to be a big challenge with the amount of success we’ve had in the past few years, but that’s the way football goes.

"I respect what we’ve done in the past couple of years but we want to take the club forward and continue what we’ve done.”